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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reveal" data-source="post: 1959421" data-attributes="member: 1236">I have everything in Word or in a regular Text document. I also have PDFs of stuff that I use frequently.DM's Familiar has been EXTREMELY useful. I have all the monster stats, which I have set up or are provided since it comes with all monsters from the latest SRD, and quickly drag and drop monsters and players into a combat board. A click of a button and *poof* the monster attacks. I get all the info without having to do math in my head.It also has a dice roller so I can type in things like 12d6 and get the result. We just finished a quick epic session and it was VERY handy. The DM would look at me and say "Roll 40d6" and I would. That simple.Well, here's the thing. I am a geek and will spend money on geek things. I purchased Dundjinni and the full version of Screenmonkey. Dundjinni, of course, allows me to create maps. I use Screenmonkey to show those maps to my players. The nice thing about the full version is that it can handle multiple monitors... Well, I have an LCD that I wasn't using for anything important, so it's now my player map shower thingy. Basically, the only thing they see on their monitor is a big gray blob. When I uncover things on my laptop, they see it uncovered on their screen. I also put little icons that represent them on the map so they know exactly where they are at. We still use a mat and minis for combat but, for normal stuff, it's fantastic.See above ramble.DM's FamiliarScreenmonkeyDundjinniAcrobat 7.0 ProfessionalOffline Searchable SRDPDF copies of all the books I ownOther stuff that is usefulOh ya... It's a lot easier and speeds up things. I can quickly tell the computer to roll a skill check for an NPC/Enemy, Save, Damage, etc.No. With all the information at my fingertips, and considering none of the players sit next to me, there's no need.My wife and I talked about getting a laptop for a couple of years. I finally got one during the after-Thanksgiving sales. I honestly had no idea how useful a DMing tool it would be. The other DM in our group, who's been DMing for about 10 years longer than I have, is extremely jealous.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> If they can afford it, I highly recommend to any DM that they get a laptop ASAP. They'll love it.</blockquote>

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